using firearm toes make a holiday. the redwood city officer said they will be using their shot spotter gun low karnt system to pinpoint where are -- locator where guns are being used. >>> when it comes to the lottery, some say it's gentlemanling -- gambling, others say it's an investment strategy. lottery is up hoping to be that 1 m a -- 1 in a million winner. here's the story. >> in states across the nation, lottery sales were 35ing and according to the experts, it has -- thriving. it has a lot do with the economy. even when times are tough, lottery rakes in the dough. >> they have dreams and they were apparently living out those dreams through the lottery. >> fiscal 2012 saw lottery sales jump 9% which itself was up 7% from 2010. >> we respond by thinking of it as just a fun recreational activity, a fun way to give flight to our imagination of what we might do if we won a million dollar. >> and states see it as a way to supplement lost tax revenue. >> in california, which has the nation's 30 highest unemployment rate, lottery sales are up 20 percent. >> and rhode island's gam